Core Word activities
We have been busy coming up with some ideas for you for how you can use your AAC system in everyday activities, focusing in particular on using core words. These are the words that we use most often in our daily lives. We have lots of examples for a range of systems in the documents below. We will be adding more to this page every day.
Remember, you don’t need to find every word you are saying on the communication system, just focus on the key words. These are the most important words. You can still speak a ‘full’ sentence out loud, while pointing to symbols for the key words.
So you might say ‘I like it’, but just point to/press the ‘like’ symbol, until you feel confident to join 2 or 3 symbols together.
If you need a refresher about Aided Language Stimulation (also known as modelling), check out this video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flFNMky22-U&t=4s
1. Going on a Bear Hunt - download the PDF here
2. Riding a bike - download the PDF here
3. Playing cards - download the PDF here
4. Dress ups - download the PDF here
5. Do a puzzle - download the PDF here
6. Have a picnic - download the PDF here
7. Play with chalk - download the PDF here
8. Baking - download the PDF here
9. Drawing and colouring - download the PDF here
10. Face Painting - download the PDF here
11. Listening to Music - download the PDF here
12. Hide and seek - download the PDF here
13. Making playdough - download the PDF here
14. Playing on the swing - download the PDF here
15. Painting fingernails - download the PDF here
16. Playing with dolls - download the PDF here
17. Playing a boardgame - download the PDF here
18. Flower and Leaf prints - download the PDF here
19. Painting rocks - download the PDF here
20. Housework - download the PDF here
21. Face Filter apps - download the PDF here
22. Making a comic strip - download the PDF here
23. Eating ice-cream - download the PDF here
24. Building a fort - download the PDF here
25. Watering the plants - download the PDF here
26. Tea party - download the PDF here
27. Finger painting - download the PDF here
28. Watching movies - download the PDF here
29. Build a tower - download the PDF here
30. Mr Potato Head - download the PDF here
31. Painting - download the PDF here
We have been busy coming up with some ideas for you for how you can use your AAC system in everyday activities, focusing in particular on using core words. These are the words that we use most often in our daily lives. We have lots of examples for a range of systems in the documents below. We will be adding more to this page every day.
Remember, you don’t need to find every word you are saying on the communication system, just focus on the key words. These are the most important words. You can still speak a ‘full’ sentence out loud, while pointing to symbols for the key words.
So you might say ‘I like it’, but just point to/press the ‘like’ symbol, until you feel confident to join 2 or 3 symbols together.
If you need a refresher about Aided Language Stimulation (also known as modelling), check out this video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flFNMky22-U&t=4s
1. Going on a Bear Hunt - download the PDF here
2. Riding a bike - download the PDF here
3. Playing cards - download the PDF here
4. Dress ups - download the PDF here
5. Do a puzzle - download the PDF here
6. Have a picnic - download the PDF here
7. Play with chalk - download the PDF here
8. Baking - download the PDF here
9. Drawing and colouring - download the PDF here
10. Face Painting - download the PDF here
11. Listening to Music - download the PDF here
12. Hide and seek - download the PDF here
13. Making playdough - download the PDF here
14. Playing on the swing - download the PDF here
15. Painting fingernails - download the PDF here
16. Playing with dolls - download the PDF here
17. Playing a boardgame - download the PDF here
18. Flower and Leaf prints - download the PDF here
19. Painting rocks - download the PDF here
20. Housework - download the PDF here
21. Face Filter apps - download the PDF here
22. Making a comic strip - download the PDF here
23. Eating ice-cream - download the PDF here
24. Building a fort - download the PDF here
25. Watering the plants - download the PDF here
26. Tea party - download the PDF here
27. Finger painting - download the PDF here
28. Watching movies - download the PDF here
29. Build a tower - download the PDF here
30. Mr Potato Head - download the PDF here
31. Painting - download the PDF here